第40章
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Don't violate rules. (不许违反规则。)
Don't violate regulations. (不许违反章程。)
Don't break the rules. (不许破坏规则。)
别偷懒!
Stop goofing off! *这是一句俚语，用于针对在工作、学习或练习中偷懒、耍滑的人。 goof off是口语表达方式，意为“懒惰”、“偷懒”。
Get a life!
You should make something out of yourself!
Don't be a bum!
Get a job! (去找个工作。)
Grow up! (该长大成人了!/你什么时候才能长大!)
照我说的做!
Do as I said!
Do what I said.
Do what I tell you to do!
不要说别人的坏话。
Don't say bad things about others.
Don't speak ill of others.
Don't speak bad about other people.
别食言。
Don't go back on your word!
I'm sorry, I can't do that. (对不起，我做不了。)
Don't go back on your word! (别食言。)
Don't break your promise. (不能说话不算数。)
You should keep your word.
做你能做的。
Don't take on more than you can. *“不要承担自己处理不了的工作，不要承担超过自己能力的事情”。
Don't take on more than you can handle.
别那么粗鲁!
Don't be rude!
Don't be impolite!
你被开除了。
You're fired!
Man, you're out of here. *严厉的说法。
I have to sack you. *温和的说法。
I have to let you go. *温和的说法。
你得像个男子汉!
Be a man!
I don't want to be a leader. (我不想当头儿。)
Be a man! (你得像个男子汉!)
Be strong! (坚强些!)
Don't be a wimp! (别那么窝囊!)
Don't be a chicken! (别当胆小鬼。)
别自吹自擂。
Don't talk boastfully. *boastfully “夸耀的”、“自吹自擂的”。
Japan is a very rich country. (日本是一个富裕的国家。)
Don't talk boastfully. (别自吹自擂。)
Don't brag.
Don't boast.
You should be more modest. (你该谦虚一些。)
请别让我失望。
Please don't disappoint me. *disappoint “让……失望”、 “辜负……期望”。
Please don't let me down.
别挑逗女孩/男孩!
Don't flirt with girls/boys! *flirt with “对异性半开玩笑的引诱”、“男女之间的调情”。
Don't flirt with girls! (别挑逗女孩!)
I was just being friendly. (我只是表示友好。)
Don't make eyes at her/him! (别跟她/他眉来眼去的。) *make eyes at... “向……送秋波”。
别抱怨，叫你怎么做，就怎么做。
Don't complain and do as you are told.
Do what I tell you to do without complaining.
干脆点!(赶快!)
Make it snappy! *这是一个惯用句， “快!”、“干脆点儿!”
Hurry it up!
Look snappy. *英式英语。
麻利点!/利索点!
Step on it! *step on it 原意是“坐火车飞跑”现在常表示“赶紧”的意思。
Be quick!
Get a move on!
Move it!
Snap to it.
●责备
别把责任推给我。
Don't blame me. *blame “把责任归于……”、“让人承担罪责等”。
It's all your fault! (都是你的错!)
Don't blame me, I'm innocent. (这可不能怨我，我是清白的。)
Don't say it's my fault.
Don't put the blame on me.
Don't accuse me.
这是你的过错。
You're to blame.
You're to blame. (这是你的过错。)
Why me? (怎么是我?)
It's your fault.
你站在我的立场上想想。
Put yourself in my shoes. *直译是“把你的脚放到我的鞋里试试?”，即“你站到我的立场上考虑考虑。”
We will not take your illness into consideration. (我们没考虑到你生病。)
Put yourself in my shoes. (你们该为我想想。)
Try to see it from my point of view.
Try to see it my way.
你就不觉得害臊吗?
Aren't you ashamed of yourself? *ashamed “做了不好的事感到的羞愧和惭愧”。 be ashamed of... 表示“……觉得害臊”。
How do you live with yourself?
You should be ashamed of yourself. (你该为自己害臊。)
我要教训他一顿。
I'll give him a piece of my mind. *give...a piece of...'s mind “严厉批评、责备……”、“大声地叱责……”。
I'll give him a piece of my mind for lying! (他撒谎了，我会好好说说他的。)
I don't blame you. (我不会怪你的。)
别把我卷进去。
Don't involve me!
I'd like you to lie for me. (能不能帮我撒一次谎?)
Please don't involve me! (请别把我卷进去。)
I don't want to get involved. (我不想被卷进去。)
我早说过了吧。
I told you so.
I got in trouble for lying. (因为撒谎，我闯祸了。)
I told you so. You shouldn't lie. (我早说过吧，你不该撒谎。)
See, I told you so.
There now, didn't I tell you?
You should have listened to me. (你要听我的就好了。)
你知道的吧?
You knew that, didn't you?
My son stopped going to school. (我儿子没去上学。)
You knew that, didn't you? (你知道这事儿吧?)
好像是我做错了什么事似的。
It is as if I had done something wrong. *as if... “好像……似的”。
It's as if it's my fault.
It's as if I'm to blame.
It's like I did something wrong.
他在最后关头胆怯了。
He chickened out at the last moment.
别冲我发火。